Natural Rights Individualism and Progressivism in American Political Philosophy: 292 (Social Philosophy and Policy) - Softcover

 
9781107641945: Natural Rights Individualism and Progressivism in American Political Philosophy: 292 (Social Philosophy and Policy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107641942 ISBN 13: 9781107641945
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The essays in this collection investigate two political traditions and their critical interactions. The first series of essays deals with the development of natural rights individualism, some examining its origins in the thought of the seminal political theorist, John Locke, and the influential constitutional theorist, Montesquieu, others the impact of their theories on intellectual leaders during the American Revolution and the Founding era, and still others the culmination of this tradition in the writings of nineteenth-century individualists such as Lysander Spooner. The second series of essays focuses on the Progressive repudiation of natural rights individualism and its far-reaching effect on American politics and public policy.

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Review

'The insolvency of our national government and several liberal Democratic states, Detroit's bankruptcy, and the continuing struggles of European welfare states suggest that the Progressive answer, whatever it may be, is not as viable as our dominant intellectual culture has thought ... The essays present scholarship from a range of disciplines, including intellectual history, political science, American history, philosophy, and law ... such collaborations help to redress the imbalance of views in higher education and our elite culture, which is an element of our worsening cultural insolvency.' Paul O. Carrese, Claremont Review of Books

Book Description

The essays in this collection investigate two political traditions and their critical interactions. The first series of essays deals with the development of natural rights individualism. The second series of essays focuses on the Progressive repudiation of natural rights individualism and its far-reaching effect on American politics and public policy.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107641942
ISBN 13 
9781107641945
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
392
Editor
Paul Ellen Franken